Stats Perform and NativeWaves enhance second screen viewing experience

The companies have teamed up to create a highly personalised second screen platform that broadcasters can roll out to sports fans. Stats Perform has partnered with low-latency streaming specialist NativeWaves to launch an enhanced ‘second screen’ viewing experience for mobile devices. The platform makes it possible for sports fans to create a personalised viewer experience, […]

Report predicts huge growth in sports content on mobiles, paid by DCB

Direct Carrier Billing (DCB) set to become a popular way to pay for sports content on mobile devices. A new report says revenue from Direct Carrier Billing (DCB) for sports content on mobiles, such as instant highlights, streamable matches and behind-the-scenes footage, is set to grow significantly in the coming years. The report, The Future […]

The tech that could breathe life into an unattended game

Rosh Singh, managing director at ‘innovation production studio’ Unit9 (pictured below) reveals the tech innovations that could breathe life and energy into the broadcast of an unattended game. VR is a terrible medium for watching sports. Even ignoring the fact that the distribution of headsets is too far too low for it to be meaningful, […]

Man City, Intel launch immersive highlights

Fans can watch key moments of a match from any angle on their phone Intel and Manchester City have launched an immersive highlights experience that can be viewed on mobile phones. Intel’s True View technology allows fans to watch key moments of a match from any angle on their phone. Immersive highlights are captured with […]

Weavr esports project unveils first working prototype

Government backed esports consortium debuts mobile app at ESL One Birmingham Weavr, a UK Research and Innovation-backed consortium of companies spanning esports, education and entertainment, has demonstrated its first working prototype mobile esports app. Eight months after being founded in January 2019, the consortium has built a prototype of the first third-party analytics and viewing […]